Information regarding features: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/firms/c6-mcd14dl
Features
The variables we will study are:
Latitude: Center of 1km fire pixel but not necessarily the actual location of the fire as one or more fires can be detected within the 1km pixel.
Longitude: Center of 1km fire pixel but not necessarily the actual location of the fire as one or more fires can be detected within the 1km pixel.
Brightness: Brightness temperature 21 (Kelvin): Channel 21/22 brightness temperature of the fire pixel measured in Kelvin.
Scan: Along Scan pixel size: The algorithm produces 1km fire pixels but MODIS pixels get bigger toward the edge of scan. Scan and track reflect actual pixel size.
track: Along Track pixel size: The algorithm produces 1km fire pixels but MODIS pixels get bigger toward the edge of scan. Scan and track reflect actual pixel size.
acq_date: Acquisition Date: Date of MODIS acquisition.
acq_time: Acquisition Time: Time of acquisition/overpass of the satellite (in UTC).
Satellite: A = Aqua and T = Terra.
Instrument: Constant value for MODIS.
Confidence (0-100%): This value is based on a collection of intermediate algorithm quantities used in the detection process. It is intended to help users gauge the quality of individual hotspot/fire pixels. Confidence estimates range between 0 and 100% and are assigned one of the three fire classes (low-confidence fire, nominal-confidence fire, or high-confidence fire).
Version (Collection and source): Version identifies the collection (e.g. MODIS Collection 6) and source of data processing: Near Real-Time (NRT suffix added to collection) or Standard Processing (collection only). “6.0NRT” - Collection 6 NRT processing. “6.1NRT” - Collection 61 NRT processing “6.0” - Collection 6 Standard processing. “6.1” - Collection 61 Standard processing
Brightness temperature 31 (Kelvin): Channel 31 brightness temperature of the fire pixel measured in Kelvin.
Fire Radiative Power (MW - megawatts): Depicts the pixel-integrated fire radiative power in MW (megawatts).
Type 0 = presumed vegetation fire 1 = active volcano 2 = other static land source 3 = offshore This attribute is only available for MCD14ML (standard quality) data